Roofing.



J. H. MUNRO. ROOFING.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30,1903.

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JAMES H. MUNRO, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONEI-1ALF TO JOHN MILTON VAN ORDEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

RUOFIINGH Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed October 30, 1903. Serial No. 179,221.

To all wit/17w it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. MUNRo, of Newark, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Roofing, of which the follo wing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like figures on the drawings designating like parts.

This invention relates to building construction, and has for its object the production of covering means capable of use to great advantage as a roofing material, but also applicable to walls and in other situations where my improvements are rendered available and desirable by their nature.

In perfecting my invention I have made possible the use of members of roofing-slate of much smaller dimensions than are required ordinarily, redeeming from the waste pile large quantities of this material which accordingly I prefer to utilize, but to which I do not of course limit myself.

My invention contemplates the provision of a plurality of sections or composite slates each composed of a number of relatively small pieces of slate cemented or otherwise secured upon a backing, and these sections being laid in overlapping rows to form a composite covering for roofs or the like.

The invention makes it possible to use in country districts composite slates of the type forming the subject of myLetters Patent Nos. 769,663, 769,664, and 769,624, ranted September 6, 1904, this invention di fering therefrom in that the sections are laid in overlapping rows to avoid the necessity of using heated cement, which is not always convenient in the country.

The various features of my invention will be illustrated and described fully in the ac. companying drawings and specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows in plan view two of the slate sections of which my improved roof is composed. Fig. 2 shows these sections in connected position as they would be when laid, and Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of a portion of a roof provided with a covering laid in accordance with my invention.

In the embodiment of my invention selected for description and illustration to enable ready and complete understanding of my improvements. Fig. 1 shows two sheets or sections composed of a sheet of backing material, designated by the reference-numeral 1 and which may be roofing-paper of the kind commonly known as tar-paper or other suitable material, to which are secured relatively small members of slate 2, covering the greater part of the backing and secured to the same in any convenient manner, as by a cement of asphaltum or the like, and preferably leaving end margins 3, which when the sections are laid upon a roof are lapped, as shown in Fig. 2, and nailed to the roof-filling pieces or sections 4 being provided.

As shown in Fig. 3, the horizontal layers thus formed are laid in tilted overlapped re lation substantially as slate roofs are constructed at present, the reference-numeral 5 designating the horizontal rows secured, preferably, to each other and to the roof 6 either by cement 7 or nails 8, or both, or being otherwise secured thereto. It will be readily seen that this forms a roof the members of which can be readily attached to the roof of a barn or house by a farmer without the necessity for expensive tools.

Having described my invention thus fully and illustrated one mode of carrying the same into effect, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the specific material or construction illustrated nor in general otherwise than as set forth in the claims read in connection with this specification.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A covering for roofs or the like comprising a series of slate sections laid in overlapping horizontal. rows, each section comprising a plurality of slate members joined together to form a composite slate, each such composite slate forming an integral slate layer to be laid as a unit.

2. A roof comprising a plurality of composite sections each composed of a number of relatively small pieces of slate secured upon a backing, said sections being laid in overlapping rows substantially as described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 26th day of October, A. D. 1903.

JAMES H. MUNRO.

WVitnesses ALEXANDER C. PROUDFIT, CnAnLns F. GEHRMANN. 

